Perhaps a medium-paced week for Beelzebub, so not the easiest of puzzles by any means. Still, with a bit of persistence, I managed all but a couple of answers without resorting to aids. Of course, Chambers came out to help finish things off and put the blog together.
*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone, cd=cryptic definition, dd=double definition.
| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1 | GOBBET – GO + B + BET. |
| 6 | ARIUS – I in SURA<. |
| 10 | PROPOUNDS – P + (OP in ROUNDS). |
| 11 | ASANA – AS + ANA. |
| 13 | AT LAST – ATLAS + T[ire]. |
| 14 | HEWING – HE + WING. |
| 16 | JUSTICER – JU[g]S + (C in TIER). |
| 17 | MUGGLETONIAN – MUG + ((LET ON + I) in NAG<). |
| 18 | HEART-TO-HEART – HEAR + ((0 in THE) in TART). |
| 20 | UNTOWARD – U + NOT* + WARD. |
| 24 | SWANNY – N[u]N in SWAY. |
| 25 | DIK-DIK – KID< twice. |
| 26 | STAGE – ST + AGE. |
| 27 | ABSEILING – I in (BILE SANG)*. |
| 28 | ELSAN – S in ELAN. |
| 29 | PICENE – PIC + ENE. |
| Down | |
| 1 | GRAHAM – RAH in MAG<. |
| 2 | BRAWN – W in BRAN. |
| 3 | BONING-ROD – (ON RIG)* in BOND. |
| 4 | TONGUE-TACKED – TONG + (ETA in [b]UCKED). |
| 5 | QUAESTORSHIP – (OTHERS AS)* in QUIP. |
| 6 | ANTA – [europe]AN TA[bloid]. |
| 7 | ISAAC – [v]ISA + AC. |
| 8 | UNSWEARING – (N in U.S.) + WEARING. |
| 9 | SATURN – SAT + URN. |
| 12 | SEQUENTIAL – QUENTI[n] in SEAL. |
| 15 | CINEMATIC – (ITEM I CAN + C)*. |
| 18 | HUDDLE – (DD + L) in HUE. |
| 19 | TWYERE – (WE TRY)* + [pip]E. |
| 21 | TIKAS – SAKI + T. |
| 22 | INANE – NAN in I.E. |
| 23 | HISN – H + (S in IN). |